“I found that this only hap­pened if I had both the Start Orb when Win­dows starts (on by default) and Run Orb when Im not logged in (off by default) check­boxes ticked in Con­fig­u­ra­tion -> Advanced.

Start Orb when win­dows starts appears to run the pro­gram when you login under a user account. Run orb even when Im not logged in cre­ates a Win­dows Ser­vice. Since the ser­vice will start up first, it should suc­cess­fully serve media in the back­ground. When you login, a sec­ond instance of the pro­gram runs in your user ses­sion and will there­fore show the grey arrows icon as you cant have two instances run­ning simultaneously.”

“map it” func­tion­al­ity in the catalog

info­graph­ics of var­i­ous videogame statistics

“But here is the kicker–it has to be active vir­tual par­tic­i­pa­tion. Just say­ing that you are “ok” with vir­tual par­tic­i­pa­tion isn’t enough. Our groups need to go the extra mile to dis­cover soft­ware, dis­sem­i­nate infor­ma­tion in advance, and trou­bleshoot prob­lems on site. Hav­ing said that though it shouldn’t be all on the groups. ALA needs to step up and ensure that its divi­sions, sec­tions, round tables and what­ever else have the nec­es­sary tools, resources, and man­dates to pull it off. ALA Con­nect is a great start and a use­ful forum, but I want to see sup­port for real-time col­lab­o­ra­tion and vir­tual meet­ings. Because when it comes down to it, it isn’t about me. It’s about those mem­bers who don’t have the free­dom or money or time or abil­ity to travel to far flung cities twice a year. Those mem­bers need to be included too. Oth­er­wise, what is the point of ALA, really?

There’s your charge ALA; now let’s see some action.”

“can we talk about how awe­some it is to just be in a room full of librar­i­ans and be able to geek the eff out to your heart’s content?”